I used to be afraid to trust God. And it bothered me.
I wanted to slip my hand in His and let Him lead.
I wanted to put my concerns in His capable arms
and believe He could take better care of them than I could.
I wanted to have more faith.
But I didn’t. And one day I realized why.
It’s hard to trust someone we don’t really know.
Therein was the reason for my hearts hesitancy to fully rely on God.
You see, I knew a lot about God but I didn’t really know God.
So I decided to start spending time with Him like a friend, getting to know Him.
Talking to Him with simple-sentence and conversational prayers
listening to Him through promises in His Word
depending on Him in different circumstances
relying on Him in faith as I struggled with different fears.
Over time my “knowing” and trusting God got stronger and stronger.
And my depth of dependence grew as I depended on Him and found He is dependable.
What about you? Do you ever struggle with trusting God, like really trusting Him and fully relying on Him to meet your needs like I have? One thing that has really helped me get to know God and push through my fear of dependence is remembering the names of God and giving Him a chance to show me the faithfulness of His character through the power of His names.
The truth is we can’t know God as Jehovah Jireh, our Provider, if we aren’t in need. And when we are, we can learn to trust Him as we depend on Him to meet ours needs. The more we do this, the more our trust will deepen and our relationship with Christ with be strengthened.
Our confidence in Him will grow as we live in the powerful promise of this beautiful verse: “Those who know your name trust you, O LORD, because you have never deserted those who seek your help” (Psalm 9:10). Let’s pray: Lord, I want to know You for who You really are. I desire to trust and follow You more and more each day.
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ENTER TO WIN: I Know His Name by Wendy Blight
My friend, Wendy Blight, has written a five-session Bible study about discovering power in the names of God. This study is for any woman who wants to move beyond simply knowing about God to really knowing God in a very personal way. This study will help women to:
- Realize their infinite worth as they explore the nature of the God who created and formed them.
- Live with bold assurance that their God is a personal God who sees them, hears them, and knows them by name.
- Walk confidently in knowing both who they are and Whose they are.
- Arm themselves with seven tools to pray more confidently and effectively in any situation or circumstance.
- Transform their walk with Jesus as they discover how He fulfills the Old Testament names of God.
ENTER TO WIN by sharing why you’d like to study this topic and have a copy of Wendy’s new book. Simply click SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS below. One winner will be randomly selected on Friday and notified via email.
I want yo know God more than ever
I want to know God more and more!
I once heard a sermon series on the names of God. I would love this study guide to learn about that again and experience God through His different attributes.
I have never studied the names of God or learned about the character of God. I can’t wait to learn more and go deeper.
I would like this book to use for prayer and Bible study.
Sounds wonderful….I lead our women’s Bible Study at our small church in Vermont.
We are always looking for studies that help us draw closer to Him…..
Seeking His highest and trying to give Him our best….
Thankyou
Sandy
With knowing HIS names and each service he blesses us with, I can share with anyone who questions, doubts, fears, uses excuses and for not turning to God for every need! I believe that every time I open his word…God teaches me something new. I never want to stop learning.
One quick note…”A Confident Heart” was my very first OBS and thank you for choosing that beautiful quote from your book to remind me how blessed I am to know God and yet to hope that as I pray to deepen my relationship with and depend on Jesus I can journey to know Him so much more…and to sense that journey will last my lifetime into eternity…
Just settled in to spend some quiet time and to read Wendy’s first post for the study…haven’t purchased a book yet…hopefully soon…would love to be chosen to receive a copy…either way I am very excited to truly learn about and experience God in and through His every Name. Thanks Renée and Wendy! God bless!
This post resonated with me because lately I have felt GOD calling me to know Him better and reestablish my relationship with Him on a more personal level. This study would lead me in the direction I think GOD wants me to go.
I have always wanted to Study the Names of God! i feel it is important to know His Names!
I would love to have the book because I’m truly in need of learning. More about God and who he is.coming from a family who never talked about God and who he is. as. new Christian I see the need to get to know him and his word for my life as I walk daily.
A friend of mine gave me a “just because” gift a couple of months ago. She is also a leader for our Bible studies our ladies do every spring and fall. I would love to give this gift to her!
I already ordered the book but I would love to bless someone else with a free copy.
I love studying the names of God.
Jehovah Shammah – no matter where I am in my daily walk, He’s already there! I am excited about the study and I want to know Him more!
I have already purchased the book & I am signed up for the 5 week Bible Class. I would give the book to a dear friend & invite her to join me in knowing God better.
I would like to win a copy of the book because I know that there’s always room to grow in my relationship with the Lord, and this sounds like a unique and heartfelt way of a closer walk with God. I’d also like to share it with my two daughters.
When I was in my twenties I tried to end my life several times and ended up in many mental hospitals. It was a very trying and challenging time. I had immense family and friend support. However the best friend and the one that I gained the most strength from was my Lord and Savior Jesus. Without my Lord I never would have made it through. I am doing much better and am volunteering at an animal shelter now. I still have my rough days but I always make time for my Lord. I would feel so blessed to be able to win this book. I hope that in some small way I am making an impact on this world and I believe God made me a stronger person for what I went through. Thank you and God bless.
I would love to win a copy of the book so that I will learn to trust the LORD completely.
I would to know God so deeply that I will be able to listen to His voice when he talks to me.
After losing my mom and my son having gone through a life threatening injury and 12 surgeries so far I need to read this, discover how to pray more confidently and really and truly believe and know the lord more intimately.
I would so love to read this book and do the study, to get to know God in a more personal intimate way. I want to grow in my relationship with Him – to walk and to talk and to listen to Him.
I want to know the Lord more intimately, to really know Him. I want to fully trust Him with every area of my life. I know He is all I need, but I want to really believe it.
Many of the prayers Wendy has shared on her blog have encouraged me and refreshed my thinking and my relationship with my Jesus – I especially loved one she shared on marriage. I am looking forward to sharing this study with my small group. We would love to win a copy.
I long to be able to trust the Lord with all areas and needs in my life.
It is a struggle for me and it’s my desire to grow in Him to where
my only need is Him
I would be interested in reading about the prayer tools to pray more confidently & effectively. I think I tend to feel like I don’t know what to ask for or what to share with God.
Honestly, I feel this way sometimes with my own earthly parents. I’m sure there is a connection.
I need this!
I struggle to have an intimate relationship with God; I pray that studying His different facets would help me draw closer to Him.
I know I need to trust God more but this is hard for me because I grew up believing I needed to get it all right to earn approval. That has caused me to be very independent to protect myself from being emotionally hurt or disappointed.
I am currently volunteering teaching women who are partners of addicts. They are under a lot of stress and need to know that jesus is their provider. I remember when I was married to an alcoholic and he used all of his money on alcohol. I was so stressed out all of the time because the rent was often not paid, my children did not have what they needed. i remember this one specific time when I was so downtrodden and full of despair because i did not know what to do. I was working and trying to make ends meet. The Lord spoke to me and said that I was looking to my husband to provide my needs and I needed to look to him instead because He is my provider. I want to help these women realize that Christ is their provider. I want to help them to trust in him and make Him Lord of their lives.
Super excited about this book. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Wendy and all the women at P31 Ministry. It’s like I know you all personally when I really don’t ?. God is using all of you in a mighty way for His glory. Thank you for your faithfulness to Him and your openness with the world. My walk has been enriched by leaps and bounds through the Lord and this ministry. I’m overly joyed and can’t contain it. It’s crazy what happens when you actually open the Word of God and come to Him with expectancy to open your eyes. I can’t wait to learn about His many amazing names!:):)
I would like to learn more, as I have been truly blessed!
Loved Wendy’s book “Living So That,” so I know that this one is a must read too. I’d like to study this topic to help me have a more intimate relationship with God. Just as we like to hear our name, I imagine that God does too.
Learning the different names of God would be great to help me better understand who God is. Thank you for sharing your story.
I have a book by Dr Tony Evans on some of the names of God and it is a wonderful tool! I would love to have your book because I think a woman’s view of the names of God is crucial to my own understanding on how God relates to women. I am seeking to know Him more – not know of Him more, but intimately. Its something that has been burning passionately inside my heart, I just need all the help I can get.
I would love to learn more about the names of God, and also know Him more in my life.
I would love to fully rely on God in thee midst of a broken relationship. Would love to have a better understanding of rhe mighty names of God! Thank you!
I am really pumped about this study. I see so many ways this will help me witness.
Once I finish up this study I will be leading my small group through it.
Thank you, Wendy, for following God’s lead on this study!
I love Wendy’s teaching in our First 5 app. I was excited to see that she had written this book. I want to learn more about the different names of God and the meaning behind each name. I looking forward to what God has in store for me to learn.
I was so blessed by “living so that”, I’m looking so forward to this study as well. To know His Names and be blessed once again.
I would love to get to know the Lord more intimately through the names of God. I would be blessed to win this book! God bless you for sharing your experience on your blog!
I want to know HIM more…I’m signed up for the study but haven’t been able to buy the book yet. 🙁
I need God so desperately right now. I think this book in addition to Bible reading and prayer would be of help at this very hurtful, confusing time in my life. I have to make some decisions and I don’t know what to do. Many days, I just don’t even know what to pray. If you read this please pray for me to have wisdom to do and say what’s right. I believe we can pray even without knowing all the details. I often sing the chorus “to be like Jesus…all I ask to be like Him, from earth to glory, all through life’s story all I ask to be like Him.”
I need to be close and really know Him so that I will be like my Jesus.
Love learning
I am so thankful that God does not abandon us! Even when our deepest fears become reality, He is faithful to guide us in His perfect way. Very encouraging post.
@Carly Trahan: I noticed your comment and wanted to say thank you for your words. I’m fearful right now, and some of my fears are becoming reality-things I never imagined would happen. I needed to read that God’s still with me, and that His way is perfect. Thank you-
I think after losing my husband last April 4th, I feel as though I’ve lost all trust and faith. I feel most days as if I’m in a place of complete lost’ness. It’s hard to explain, but when I pray I feel like my prayers hit the ceiling and bounce right back to me…I don’t have a friend or adult family member to talk to and my 14yr old daughter is as confused as I am….
I have the book and look forward to the study. Would love to win a book for a friend that needs this study so bad.
May God, place the name of the winner on the book and truly receive a blessing from it.
Donna:
Know one can know what you are going through – but, may I share that God does. He hears all your prayers and is with you all the time.
Be still and let God show you that He is there with you. He will guide you on what scripture and comfort you need.
You and your family now have a prayer card under a cross that sits at my bed and will be praying for you to feel God’s presence once again.
NEVER stop seeking Him!
Praying for you Donna. God will give you peace. He hears your prayers. He knows your pain. Keep trusting Him. He will restore your families joy once again!
*Meant rely, not relay. 🙂
Would love to have a copy of this book! Going through tough times, but trying to relay on God.
I want to have a deeper relationship with the Lord and learn about all His names. I would love to have a copy of this book because it is just what I need to learn His names.
Gaining confidence in my faith right now as I have to learn to trust in Him, and let go of the need to control my life and what is happening. This is very scary, so I am seeing help in “letting go and letting GOD”.
Thanks,Martha